Belize


Our "Plant Adventure"

I was on a "Plant Adventure" led by Steven Guiness and Scott Joffe.
It was most enjoyable. I was the only bromeliad-nut, the rest were orchidists.
I was mildly put out of strong action on the second day with an ankle injury but the orchidists treated me very well and tried to help me hold up my bromeliad end of things.
I might mention that one of them is an orchid dealer and I suggest that you check her page if that's your bag!
It's at: Juno Beach Orchids
Her Belizean page is at: http://nassau.globat.com/~jborchids.com/BELIZE.HTML

I enjoyed the trip enormously and recommend it to you all with no qualifications!
See: Plant Adventures

Go, if you get a chance!


This is a late addition, 2007.0626. I went in May 2005 and my wife Sauny went in August. To this day, 25 and 22 months later, the promised plants have not arrived. It is quite obvious they never will. We are quite disappointed. While the trip itself was great, we do resent the failures of their promises. If you go, do not expect that the plants will arrive. Just be pleasantly surprised if they do.

I gave them $200 and my wife gave them $300 for extra plants which never arrived.
Be careful about giving them any extra cash for plants.


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Belize, by air

Our hotel in Punta Gorda

Our crew!

Broms, palms, vines and ferns

First Bromeliad!

Stream in Blue River area

Pauly and Kandis

Mayan Ruin at Lubantuun

Tillandsia streptophylla

A bucolic scene in the bush

Mangroves allong the Golden Stream

Aechmea tillandsioides

One of many "calendar" pictures

Steven Guiness

A look of joy

Sea Front Inn, Punta Gorda

at Sea Front Inn, Punta Gorda

Picture by Kenni Judd


Broms in an orchard

An unknown Aechmea

An unknown Aechmea

On Golden Stream

Broms, everywhere

Broms in a citrus orchard

More orchard broms

San Ignacio Resort Hotel

A bare tree with broms

A hand crank auto ferry!

A bare tree with monkeys

A closeup of the monkeys

Mangroves on the Golden Stream

A spectacular Tillandsia abdita

The tired crew, back at home base, Pauly's home

Pauly

Aechmea bracteata

Aechmea bracteata

Aechmea bracteata

The Royal Poinciana

Final night dinner.


"My Mayan Ruin Adventure"

I stayed a couple days after the tour to visit a Mayan Ruin and the Belize Zoo. I had originally intended to stay two days longer and see the Ruin at Tikal, Guatemala, but my ankle was just taking too much fun out of the trip so I returned early.


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Another brom tree

A Mayan Structure at Altun Ha.

A relief.

Detail of the relief.

Another relief.

Another brom tree at Altun Ha.

a Jaguar!

a Toucan in Belize Zoo

a Toucan in Belize Zoo

Another brom tree

a Toucan

an Egret

a Parrot


Our Expedition Leaders

Thanks to our leaders!!

I would like to extend a special thanks for our entire group to this wonderful expedition into the wilds of Belize.

They brought us through, safe and sound and only mildly dehydrated.

I, for one, had trouble heeding their constant warnings to Drink Fluids!.



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Scott Joffe and Steven Guiness

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